The man who launched the Economic Blackout said he is "trying to cause economic resistance, against the corporations and ...

John Schwarz, who organized a viral shopping boycott, was previously registered as a sex offender after pleading guilty to ...

John Schwarz, a self-described “mindfulness and meditation facilitator,” proposed a 24-hour nationwide “economic blackout” of ...

The blackout was organized by The People’s Union USA and is the movement’s first action, described as “a symbolic start to ...

U.S. consumers were encouraged to abstain from purchasing any non-essential goods on Feb. 28, as part of a 24-hour buying ...

Activists have planned a boycott of major retailers, credit card companies, and other businesses in protest of corporate ...

If you could devise a protest that’s tailor-made for the Generation X “slacker generation” of Beavis and Butthead and Bill ...

A grassroots effort is asking American consumers to refrain from making purchases at major retailers for one day in February.

The People’s Union USA calls the 24 hours of spending abstinence an “economic blackout,” a term that has since been shared ...

A 24-hour nationwide consumer spending freeze, orchestrated in response to corporate and political greed, will begin on ...

A retail boycott is hitting major US businesses Friday as an online campaign calls for Americans to spend nothing at places ...